Competitors Still Beat U.S. in Tests

By

Stephanie Banchero

Updated Dec. 11, 2012 12:02 p.m. ET

American schoolchildren continue to lag behind those of major competitors in math and science exams given globally, despite progress on some of those tests, according to results from international achievement exams released Tuesday.

Students in Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Finland, among others nations, bested U.S. fourth- and eighth-grade...